UTA Analyst: Election Comes Down To Ohio
The election cycle of 2012 all comes to an end Tuesday. And most say it will be a photo finish.
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The election cycle of 2012 all comes to an end Tuesday. And most say it will be a photo finish.
There's always grousing about people who don't bother to vote. But look at it another way: An estimated 133 million Americans will cast ballots in Tuesday's election.
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings is hoping for a strong showing in the city's $600 million bond issue. The only thing that he thinks could hurt it is straight party voters.
Turnout for early voting was steady across Dallas County. Nearly 360,000 people had voted in person in by Thursday, with another 50,000 expected Friday.
President Barack Obama is hailing another month of job growth but declaring "we've got more work to do" following the latest employment snapshot showing U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October.
Mitt Romney says the one-tenth-of-a-point increase in the unemployment rate to 7.9 percent is, quote, "a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill."
It's a safe bet, based on polls and history, that white voters will choose Republican Mitt Romney by a wide margin in Tuesday's presidential election. That's a problem for the GOP.
One-time world leaders George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev are renewing their friendship. The former American president and his former Soviet counterpart had a private lunch Thursday.
Mitt Romney is planning to host an Ohio rally Friday evening to launch a four-day sprint to Election Day.
Governor Rick Perry on Wednesday plans to promote the state's new Women's Health Program that excludes Planned Parenthood and starts on Thursday.
A 15-acre park at the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Center will simulate a Texas prairie -- complete with a wildflower meadow and a blend of native grasses and trees.
President Barack Obama will travel to storm-stricken New Jersey on Wednesday to view damage from the massive storm that struck the East Coast and to thank first responders.
A lot of Texans are taking advantage of the flexibility early voting provides. According to the Texas Secretary of State's Office, some of the largest counties in the state are reporting record or near record early voting turnout.
Republicans hopeful of taking over the Senate should be measuring the drapes. But a series of blown opportunities two years ago and again this year has cost Republicans dearly in their quest for a Senate majority.
James P. Hoffa and Dick DeVos have vastly differing views of unions, which is why in this heated political climate battles are raging across America over unions in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, California and other states, the two took time to participate in CBS Local Digital Debate.
